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Rain on the track. A packed stadium. Four runners waiting for a baton to arrive. And one sprinter from Karnataka running the second leg for India.Sneha SS, or Sneha Sathyanarayana Shanuvalli, is the new name for many fans as she, along with her teammates, clinched a bronze medal in the first-ever mixed 4×100 metres relay…
CALLING THE SHOTS: Churchill Bros coach Dimitris Dimitriou has returnedfor a second stint with the club The first thing that catches your eye during an early morning training session of Churchill Brothers FC is the high number of Goan players.‘Goenkar’, or Goan in konkani, the local language, on the back of the jerseys is also…
NEW DELHI: The rapid growth in solar and wind power generation, along with rising grid congestion and renewable energy curtailment, has prompted govt to announce a new transmission scheme with the launch of the third phase of the Green Energy Corridor (GEC), which got the Cabinet’s nod on Wednesday.With an outlay of nearly Rs 1.9…
Power demand hits 269 GW in Sept as hydropower deficit fuels electricity shortages. NEW DELHI: Hydropower generation fell nearly 12% below the projected requirement in the first six months of FY27 due to the El Nino-induced rain deficit, putting greater pressure on coal-fired generation and leading to shortages, especially during non-solar hours, in several parts…
The Brisbane 2032 Olympics organising committee’s planned logo reveal was thrown off schedule after its own YouTube channel accidentally leaked the Olympic and Paralympic emblems three days before their official unveiling.Parts of the designs had already been shown this week as part of a teaser campaign across Queensland, with the complete logos due to be…
The fossils were excavated at the Drimolen Main Quarry, part of South Africa’s ‘Cradle of Humankind’. Researchers have described 18 previously unpublished hominin fossils from the Drimolen Main Quarry in South Africa, including a fossil from an adult Homo erectus dated to 2 million years ago. The finding is 200,000 years older than other known…
In 1977, Peter Strauss bought a 62-acre farm in California. Exactly 10 years later, the space was turned into a national service park until the 2018 fire. (Instagram) Peter Strauss, best known for his work with ‘Rich Man, Poor Man,’ ‘Soldier Blue,’ ‘The Jericho Mile,’ and ‘Kane and Abel,’ once spent USD 225,000 to buy…
Victoria Beckham’s Paris Fashion Week show had plenty of familiar faces in the front row. David Beckham was there, along with sons Romeo and Cruz, youngest daughter Harper and their respective partners.But one family member was missing.Brooklyn Beckham, who is also in Paris for Fashion Week with his wife Nicola Peltz Beckham, did not attend…
Python found in New Jersey woman’s car (left); K-9 Wouter bitten by suspect in Southern California. From a crab apparently brandishing a blade to a man driving through a locked grocery store because he needed a bathroom, the US saw its share of bizarre incidents in the second half of September. Here are five unusual…
When a severe drought forced Queensland dairy farmer Libby Rough to sell 40 cows, her family faced a frightening financial crisis. Without the regular income from milk sales, everyday costs such as groceries and school fees quickly became hard to pay. To keep the farm going, Rough opened just four unpowered campsites along the river…
